NucleusReason Profile User Guide

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Nucleus Reason Profile Guide Page 1

Nucleus Daw Control - Default Reason Profile

Main Soft Key PageThe Reason Soft Key set contains 14 MCU commands together with 2 USB keyboard short cuts, Edit and Tools, to switch Menudisplays.

Above you can see the assignments for the Nucleus’ Left Hand Soft keys.

NM/VAL (NAME/VALUE) flips the lower row of the channel encoder displays to show the names of the Reason parameterscontrolled by the faders instead of the name of the Reason Device assigned to the faders (with the exception ofthe 14:2 mixer where the channel (fader) labels are displayed in the upper row and the function of the encoder isshown in the lower row when NM/VAL is active). The UP/DOWN cursor keys select next/previous track in theReason Sequencer, which automatically assign the track’s instrument/device to the faders and encoders. Theencoder parameter name is only displayed when the encoder is turned. The FLIP command interchanges the faderand encoder parameters and displays the names if NM/VAL has been selected.

AReset activates the Reset Automation Override function.

Pan, Aux 1, Aux 2, Treble Bass and FxRet

assign the named mixer function to the channel encoders when a 14:2 Mixer is the target track device. WhenMalström is the target track device, Aux 1 and Aux 2 toggle the channel controls between Oscillator A + ModulatorA and Oscillator B + Modulator B.

SOLO acts as Solo ON/OFF for the target track

MUTE acts as Mute ON/OFF for the target track

EDIT switches the Sequencer to Edit Mode on the target track

NoFlip cancels the FLIP status (operating the FLIP key a second time will not cancel the FLIP function) and is illuminatedwhen FLIP is not active.

SOLO-X cancels all active track Solos.

MUTE-X cancels all active track Mutes.

Toggle Rotates the Reason Rack (Front/Rear).

Redo everses a change caused by the UNDO function. It illuminates whenever there is a valid REDO option.

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USING THE REASON 6 MIXER

Reason 6 adds a more comprehensive mixer than the standard 14:2 previously used.

To control the Reason 6 mixer with the Nucleus, the 1st thing you need to do is right click on the master section in the rackview and select 'create track for master section'.

With this new track selected in sequencer, the Nucleus faders now control the Reason mixer's faders, and you can bank leftand right to access all available tracks.

The VPots can control many different things depending on what mode they are in, which is set by the buttons above the lefthand display.

Working through the options from left to right:

With the Instrument button selected, the VPots 1-8 control the FX Returns 1-8 levels and VPots 9-16 control FX Returns 1-8 Pans.

With the Plugin button selected VPots 1-5 control the master compressor, VPots 9-12 control the master inserts, and VPots14-16 control the Control Room section.

With the EQ button selected the Vpots control the channel input gain, which if you then hit a channel select button, VPots 1-8 toggle to controlling the selected channel's dynamic section.

With the Pan button selected the VPots control Pan, which if you then hit a channel select button, VPots 1-8 toggle tocontrolling the selected channel's filters, rotaries, width and pan.

With the Send button selected the VPots control FX1 send level, which if you then hit a channel select button, VPots 1-16toggle to controlling the selected channel's FX sends, Rotaries, width and Pan.

With the Track button selected the VPots control FX2 send level, which if you then hit a channel select button, VPots toggleto controlling the selected channel's Filters and EQ.

Once you get used to this control methodology, it becomes very quick and easy to control the entire Reason 6 mixer, togglingbetween seeing one parameter for ever channel (e.g. Pan) to having total control of an entire mixer section for the selectedchannel, (e.g. EQ).

Hopefully this makes sense, and should increase your enjoyment of Nucleus within the Reason environment even more.

Once you have mastered controlling the mixer, if you want to get really advanced it is also possible to set up 2 Nucleus layersto both control Reason simultaneously. Then, by using surface locking, DAW layer 1 can be set to always control the Reasonmixer and DAW layer 2 can be used to control the rest of the rack, edit all your devices etc...

Nucleus’ User definition and Reason’s creative habitat make for a powerful combination.

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TRANSPORT/UTILITY KEYS

Below is a list of DAW commands supported by Reason:

DAW CMND SOFTKEY LABEL REASON FUNCTION NOTES

Keyboad ID KeybdID N/A Identifies Keyboard

Aux1 Aux1 Aux Send 1 on 14:2

Pan Pan Pan on 14:2

Treble Treble Treble EQ on 14:2

Aux2 Aux2 Aux Send 2 on 14:2

FX Rtn FX Ret FX Return 1-4 on 14:2

Flip Flip FLIP Intercancels with UNFLIP

No Flip NoFlip UNFLIP Intercancels with FLIP

Name/Value NM/VAL Name/Value Shows function/Value

Bass Bass Bass EQ on the 14:2

SMPTE/Beats SMPTE N/A

Busses Busses Accesses Busses

Outputs Outpts Accesses Outputs

User User

Shift Shift

Option Option

Control Ctrl

Alt Alt

Reset Automation AReset Resets Automation

Undo Undo Undo

Mute Off MuteX Turns Mutes Off

Solo Off SoloX Turns Solos Off

Redo Redo Redo

Track Mute Mute Mute Selected

Track Solo Solo Solo Selected

Goto L Goto L Locates to L

Goto R Goto R Locates to R

Cycle Cycle Cycle

Drop Drop

Replace Rplace

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Once a command has been assigned to a Soft Key, it can be renamed via the Browser with any label you wish.

Additional useful information for controlling Reason can be found in the Reason Control Surface Details Manual whichdescribes MCU operation and general MIDI control, as well as in the Reason Key Commands manual available on thePropellerhead website - http://www.propellerheads.se/

DAW CMND SOFTKEY LABEL REASON FUNCTION NOTES

Loop Loop Loop

Click Click Metronome

Forward Forwrd Transport

Rewind Rewind Transport

Stop Stop Transport

Play Play Transport

Record Record Transport

Play footswitch PlayFS Transport External Footswitch

Record RecFS Transport External Footswitch

Scrub Scrub

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Configuring Reason for NUCLEUS Control

In the Reason Preferences menu, select the Keyboard and Control Surfaces page and use the Add command to select a MackieCombo, Extender Right option. Enter ipMIDI Ports according to the Nucleus DAW layer that will be controlling reason. In theexample below, Reason will be controlled from Nucleus DAW Layer 1.

Click on Edit to define the iPMidi ports. In this example Reason is being controlled via the Nucleus DAW layer 1.

Click on OK to finish the Set Up.

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